Thank you to all of the volunteers, bakers, and sponsors who sacrificed their time and resources to make this year’s event a success! I’ll be posting the winners of the competitions later. I was just told that we were featured in the Dallas Morning News today!

Emily Beck is an amateur baker with a heart to serve. Thanks for participating again this year!

What is the sweetest thing about summer? I thinking that hanging out and spending time with my friends and family is the sweetest part of summer.

Tell us about your experience with us last year… I was a part of Cupcakes for a Cause in the past and it was so fun to be around other bakers and trying new things. The fact that it benefited the leap foundation was just the icing on the cake:)

What makes a great cupcake?To me, what makes a great cupcake is the frosting, because without that, you just have a really good muffin.

I will be bringing a cinnamon roll cupcake, an orange creamsicle cupcake, and a cannoli cupcake!

· This year, our theme is “Taste the Sweetness of Summer” What do you find most sweet about summer? Snow cones, and lounging in the pool with my BFF!

· What type of cupcake will you be bringing to Cupcakes for a Cause? White Chocolate Raspberry, Key Lime Pie, Dark Chocolate Mint

· If you were a part of Cupcakes for a Cause last year, tell us a little bit about your experience. If not, tell us how you heard about Cupcakes for a Cause. I participated last year for the first time, and it was an honor to be able to help out this great organization. I also enjoyed meeting the other bakers and trying so many yummy cupcakes!

I also want to give a shout out to our two Youth Bakers: Emily Beck and Gillian Foster!

Emily has donated yummy cupcakes in the previous year and this is Gillian’s first time. I am very encouraged by their giving hearts and love for baking! Hope all our attendees get to see and sample what they will be bringing this weekend. Thanks to our youth bakers!

Welcome to Lauren Rogers an amateur baker and first timer at Cupcakes for a Cause. She will be bringing many cupcake flavors, such as: Strawberry Shortcake, NaNa Puddin’, Don’t you Tart! (strawberry lemonade), Ruby Jewel (Red Velvet) and Peanut Butta

This year, our theme is “Taste the Sweetness of Summer” What do you find most sweet about summer?Sunday Brunches with friends and loved ones..accompanied by a cupcake with a matching cocktail!

Tell us how you heard about Cupcakes for a Cause.

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What makes a great cupcake?First and foremost… a from scratch batter as your base… complimented by homemade icings and buttercreams. Secondly Quality Ingredients: …a good frosting to cupcake ratio. Too much frosting will over power the taste of your cake.

Thanks to UNREFINED, we will have Gluten Free cupcakes this year at Cupcakes for a Cause. They are a gluten-free, soy-free, all-natural and organic bakery. I’m super interested in tasting what they have to bring this year!

· Are you a pro or amateur baker?Professional – Unrefined Bakery

· This year, our theme is “Taste the Sweetness of Summer” What do you find most sweet about summer?The fun times together with family and friends, and all the fresh foods available!

· What type of cupcake will you be bringing to Cupcakes for a Cause?We are bringing our signature Loaded Monkey and our Chocolate Overload cupcakes.

· If you were a part of Cupcakes for a Cause last year, tell us a little bit about your experience. If not, tell us how you heard about Cupcakes for a Cause.We were asked to participate and introduced to Cupcakes of a Cause through friends of the organization.

· What makes a great cupcake?A great cupcake is a combination of a moist cake with a slightly sweet and flavorful icing; a great cupcake makes you smile!

You may know Trailercakes from hanging out down town around the arts district…food trucks are pretty hip nowadays! Trailercakes is a food truck specially serving mini cupcakes! They also have a storefront at the Knox/Henderson area. This year Trailercakes is donating 300 mini cupcakes of assorted flavors. Thanks y’all!

This year, our theme is “Taste the Sweetness of Summer” What do you find most sweet about summer?

Frosting. ALWAYS.

If you were a part of Cupcakes for a Cause last year, tell us a little bit about your experience.

This will be our third year to participate. We were so incredibly proud to win best of show as well as a lot of other awards. Its really a great event. Love that we get to work with so many other bakeries.